Well Zeke's beard is in there, as well as their "costumes," which makes me think that they haven't abandoned it completely. It did go from a perfectly clean, sterile environment to a filthy mess, though, so they must have been gone for a while. I'm thinking they panicked when they lost Claire (or maybe something else panicked them), and they packed up fast and ran.

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